Nectar production patterns and pollination of the Canarian endemic Echium wildpretii pearson ex Hook. fil.

Flora

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-221

  Kraemer, Manfred ^a   Schmitt, Ulrike ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthophora alluaudi; Apis mellifera; Canary Islands; Echium wildpretii; Nectar secretion; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BIRD POLLINATION; ENDEMIC PLANT; NECTAR PRODUCTION; POLLINATION; SOLITARY BEE;

CANARY ISLANDS;

ANTHOPHORA; ANTHOPHORA ALLUAUDI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; AVES; ECHIUM; ECHIUM WILDPRETII; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030754326     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30785-5     Document Type: Article

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